My latest project has been setting up my TMB92SS refractor to support a full frame camera the "QHY11" monochrome CCD supplied by the US Reseller for QHY
www.astrofactors.com and the camera has the very popular Kodak KAI-11002 chip.
In order to produce a flat field with the TMB92 it was nessesary to fit a large field flattener, I selected the TS 2.5" field flattener which has a proven track record with the TMB92
So here's my first light with this configuration shot using a 7.5nm H-Alpha filter under an almost full moon, 5 x 30 min exposures.
Since owning and using a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR I have really missed shooting with a full frame camera, so far I'm very happy with the performance of the QHY11 mono CCD and it's results, it's 2-Stage TEC cooling had no problem getting down to -20C while the ambient temperature hovered around 27C
Over the next few weeks I hope to add more H-Alpha (mainly for smoothening) followed by RGB + narrowband filters OIII and SII
Image details
Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI
Date of Shoot: June 21 2013
H-Alpha 150 min 5 x 30 min H-Alpha 7.5nm bin 1x1
Camera: QHY11 monochrome CCD
www.astrofactors.comQHY Color Filter Wheel
Optics: TMB92SS F5.5 APO Refractor with TS 2.5" Field Flattener
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)
Image Aquisition software Maxim DL5
Registed, Calibrated and Stacked in CCD Stack
Post Processed with Photoshop CS5
www.downunderobservatory.comfollow me on FacebooktwitterDown Under ObservatoryYouTubeview my stuff on Google+The Cygnus Loop is a supernova remnant; the expanding cloud of diverse elements created in the most powerful of explosions; a supernova.
As a Massive star nears the end of its life, it runs out of hydrogen fuel and begins fusing helium. After exhausting its supply of helium it begins to fuse heavier elements until finally, the star's core can no longer exert enough outward pressure and it collapses. A shockwave rebounds through the star so fierce that the star is shredded and leaves behind a small but extremely dense body; either a neutron star or a black hole.
The progenitor of this supernova remnant exploded more than 5,000 years ago and over the course of the past 5 millennia, the material has been racing away in all directions. The Cygnus loop now occupies a vast region of sky, equal to 36 full moons!
A Supernova seeds the interstellar medium with all types of heavy elements. In fact, every single atom of elements heavier than iron was created in this type of event, including many in your own body.
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